From: (Campbell O. Webb) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:31:34 +0700 Subject: [Mastwatch] Gunung Palung flowers Status: O Hi All, Well, it?s a big El Nino year. Masting to follow? I just came down from the Cabang Panti Research Station, at Gunung Palung NP (West Kalimantan), and saw a giant Shorea gibbosa in very young flower (on 2015-08-10), and an Alangium (prob. javanicum) in young flower. Also heard reports of Scaphium in flower too. So... could be the very beginning of a mass flowering. However, we had a huge mast last year (fruitfall in July), so perhaps the trees are too ?tired?? We?ll keep you posted. Observations from elsewhere? Best, Cam From: (Sepilok2010 .) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:18:56 +0800 Subject: [Mastwatch] Gunung Palung flowers Status: O Hi Cam and others, We have had two back to back flowering events in Sepilok last year one in July - Sept 2014 and one just about to start this year. Colin On Tue, Aug 18, :31 PM, Campbell O. Webb wrote: > Hi All, > > Well, it?s a big El Nino year. Masting to follow? > > I just came down from the Cabang Panti Research Station, at Gunung > Palung NP (West Kalimantan), and saw a giant Shorea gibbosa in very > young flower (on 2015-08-10), and an Alangium (prob. javanicum) in young > flower. Also heard reports of Scaphium in flower too. So... could be the > very beginning of a mass flowering. However, we had a huge mast last > year (fruitfall in July), so perhaps the trees are too ?tired?? We?ll > keep you posted. > > Observations from elsewhere? > > Best, > > Cam > > _______________________________________________ > Mastwatch mailing list > > http://lists.phylodiversity.net/listinfo.cgi/mastwatch-phylodiversity.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From: (Gabriella Fredriksson) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:05:20 +0700 Subject: [Mastwatch] Gunung Palung flowers Status: O Hi Cam, I was in the forest in Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan in May this year, with the whole forest floor covered in seedlings of various species of Dipterocarpaceae. Some fruits/seeds still relatively fresh on the ground [Dipterocarpus cornutus]. I will ask the field staff if there are any signs of renewed flowering. It has been very dry for some time in Kaltim, though with some patches of rain in mid August, but getting ready for longer drought and fire prevention. Best Gabriella On 8/18/15 11:31, Campbell O. Webb wrote: > Hi All, > > Well, it?s a big El Nino year. Masting to follow? > > I just came down from the Cabang Panti Research Station, at Gunung > Palung NP (West Kalimantan), and saw a giant Shorea gibbosa in very > young flower (on 2015-08-10), and an Alangium (prob. javanicum) in young > flower. Also heard reports of Scaphium in flower too. So... could be the > very beginning of a mass flowering. However, we had a huge mast last > year (fruitfall in July), so perhaps the trees are too ?tired?? We?ll > keep you posted. > > Observations from elsewhere? > > Best, > > Cam > > _______________________________________________ > Mastwatch mailing list > > http://lists.phylodiversity.net/listinfo.cgi/mastwatch-phylodiversity.net From: (Philipson Christopher David) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 07:30:44 +0000 Subject: [Mastwatch] Gunung Palung flowers Status: O Hi Cam, We have fruit from a number of species Dry periods had some species aborting, but looks like there will still be fruit set. In Sepilok the dry period was more pronounced and I saw flowers starting to fall again in June - even while there was immature fruit on the ground. Cheers Chris Dr. Christopher Philipson < Scientifica 2015 http://www.scientifica.ch/ausstellung/pflanzen-und-umwelt/Lichte-Waelder-dichte-Waelder/ http://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=9J6ltyUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao On 18 Aug 2015, at 08:05, Gabriella Fredriksson <<> wrote: Hi Cam, I was in the forest in Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan in May this year, with the whole forest floor covered in seedlings of various species of Dipterocarpaceae. Some fruits/seeds still relatively fresh on the ground [Dipterocarpus cornutus]. I will ask the field staff if there are any signs of renewed flowering. It has been very dry for some time in Kaltim, though with some patches of rain in mid August, but getting ready for longer drought and fire prevention. Best Gabriella On 8/18/15 11:31, Campbell O. Webb wrote: Hi All, Well, it?s a big El Nino year. Masting to follow? 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